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BumRushDaShow

(155,467 posts)
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 05:55 PM Saturday

Schumer says Democrats will force reading of 940-page megabill on Senate floor

Source: msn/Reuters

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(Reuters) -U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Saturday said Democrats will force the Republicans' 940-page tax and spending bill to be read out loud in full on the Senate floor.

"Republicans won't tell America what's in the bill. So Democrats are forcing it to be read start to finish on the floor," Schumer said in a post on X. "We will be here all night if that's what it takes to read it."

(Reporting by Ryan Patrick JonesEditing by Humeyra Pamuk)

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/schumer-says-democrats-will-force-reading-of-940-page-megabill-on-senate-floor/ar-AA1HBKUI



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BREAKING: I will object to Republicans moving forward on their Big, Ugly Bill without reading it on the Senate floor

Republicans won’t tell America what’s in the bill

So Democrats are forcing it to be read start to finish on the floor

We will be here all night if that’s what it takes to read it.
4:32 PM · Jun 28, 2025


As was noted in a Politico "live updates", the GOP forced the reading of Biden's Infrastructure Bill on the floor before the vote.
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Schumer says Democrats will force reading of 940-page megabill on Senate floor (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Saturday OP
Now we just gotta get everyone to tune into C-SPAN! senseandsensibility Saturday #1
.... orangecrush Saturday #13
Forcing the reading gives more opportunities for social posts Bluetus Saturday #24
it's still going as of this morning cadoman Sunday #41
Cable TV or YT TV? I have neither. Hell...wouldn't a MSM want to run some of it Bengus81 Sunday #49
Well, it's better than a sternly worded letter, at least. Nt Fiendish Thingy Saturday #2
Ya think so HarryM Sunday #30
What do you suggest, then? mcar Sunday #34
Good! This should be practice for all legislation! Mark.b2 Saturday #3
I think the Parliamentarian is a hero... forgotmylogin Saturday #7
And had no business in a spending bill that qualifies for reconcilliation. paleotn Saturday #16
I would be ecstatic to do this for every bill going forward cadoman Saturday #8
I agree with you totally. Mark.b2 Saturday #11
Lawyers for lobbyists and business interest groups write most of our legislation. paleotn Saturday #18
Hopefully their lawyers are discovering all the shit in there so the Democrats can publicize it. dem4decades Saturday #4
As they should. And it should be on the news. This should not be controversial. OrlandoDem2 Saturday #5
Shrewed move Senator Schumer. Buddyzbuddy Saturday #6
First time many of those MF'ers will hear most of it... EarthFirst Saturday #9
At least it's shorter than it was (1116 pages originally), but it could still stand to lose about 300 more pages. patphil Saturday #10
Yeah that'll show 'em, Chuck orangecrush Saturday #12
From the Politico live update thingy BumRushDaShow Saturday #15
???? ShazzieB Saturday #21
Exactly. murielm99 Sunday #37
What do you suggest then? mcar Sunday #35
who is going to listen? Empty chamber? The testimony we usually hear is with no other members present. Evolve Dammit Saturday #14
It's read to establish it in the Congressional Record for the People, since ancianita Sunday #42
Aren't all bills published anyway with vote results and co sponsors? MichMan Sunday #48
I was responding to what ancianita Sunday #50
Sadly Americans aren't Figarosmom Saturday #17
Yeah...I mean, he's doing the right thing here under the circumstances we've been given, but the MSM kind of need to do Karasu Saturday #26
As someone deeply into tech, I find few uses for AI HariSeldon Saturday #19
EXCELLENT! ShazzieB Saturday #20
Good on Sen Schumer.. A Dam! Cha Saturday #22
is that like a fill a buster? AllaN01Bear Saturday #23
In a way yes (pun aside) BumRushDaShow Sunday #28
thanks for your information. AllaN01Bear Sunday #36
Credit where credit's due. I've had my misgivings with Chuck as of late, but this is something. Glad to see him using Karasu Saturday #25
are they reading it yet? it's 2am central time on sunday morning orleans Sunday #27
PBS News has it streaming live BumRushDaShow Sunday #29
About time... MiHale Sunday #31
republicans will still pass the bill........ joshdawg Sunday #32
Go Senator! Akakoji Sunday #33
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE GOING TO LOSE BENEFITS, AND ALL THE DEM LEADERSHIP COMES UP WITH IS READ THE BILL. usaf-vet Sunday #38
They don't have a way to stop Reconciliation Bills. maxsolomon 12 hrs ago #53
I no longer have to play in their games. And the Parliamentarian has been bypassed, according to the last post I read. usaf-vet 12 hrs ago #54
Plus, Schumer is calling it Dem4life1970 Sunday #39
Robert Reich is calling it the Big Bullshit Bill - TBF Sunday #47
Lol yes, the same man who lied about lowering prices on day one... Dem4life1970 Sunday #52
at least maybe et tu Sunday #40
What good will that do? People don't listen to pols reading details to them even if those details will affect Texin Sunday #43
It's a procedural delaying tactic BumRushDaShow Sunday #44
I hope they're reading the most egregious provisions during the day. And... snot Sunday #45
The Senate Clerks were doing the reading BumRushDaShow Sunday #46
I don't believe any Senators are the ones reading it MichMan Sunday #51

senseandsensibility

(22,692 posts)
1. Now we just gotta get everyone to tune into C-SPAN!
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 06:01 PM
Saturday

It's not over til it's over as a wise man once said.

Bluetus

(1,219 posts)
24. Forcing the reading gives more opportunities for social posts
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 09:37 PM
Saturday

And in the event that it still passes, we will have lots of footage to play back at the mid-terms:

"Your Senator voted for this ..."

The polling on this says the American people get it and are strongly opposed, so this doesn't go away once the ink dries. We can pound this issue hard every day. Make the Republicans pay a price for it.

Bengus81

(8,937 posts)
49. Cable TV or YT TV? I have neither. Hell...wouldn't a MSM want to run some of it
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 05:40 PM
Sunday

or stream it on their platform or did the NAZI in charge threaten them?

Mark.b2

(571 posts)
3. Good! This should be practice for all legislation!
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 06:02 PM
Saturday

And it should be required to be read during business hours. No middle of the night on a Saturday!

Great job Senator Schumer!!

forgotmylogin

(7,900 posts)
7. I think the Parliamentarian is a hero...
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 06:43 PM
Saturday

A lot of the stuff cut were things nobody realized were in there.

cadoman

(1,395 posts)
8. I would be ecstatic to do this for every bill going forward
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 06:48 PM
Saturday

It'd force the power brokers to do simpler bills and I hate seeing my representative vote on things they haven't read. It's absolutely insane.

We don't even know who are the authors of nearly all our legislation.

Mark.b2

(571 posts)
11. I agree with you totally.
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 07:16 PM
Saturday

We need to get away from “big” bills, especially onmibus bills that are 498 pages long that touch on 87 different topics. I’d get away from “poison pills” where extra-controversial legislation is lumped into widely supported items to pressure legislators into supprting bills they dont really like.

It’s a cynical way to get things done and smacks of bad faith.

I’d much rather see votes on 62 3-page bills that voters can comprehend!

paleotn

(20,561 posts)
18. Lawyers for lobbyists and business interest groups write most of our legislation.
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 08:12 PM
Saturday

Instead of telling Congress critters what they want, they just write the legislation themselves. Much more efficient that way.

dem4decades

(12,922 posts)
4. Hopefully their lawyers are discovering all the shit in there so the Democrats can publicize it.
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 06:06 PM
Saturday

patphil

(8,028 posts)
10. At least it's shorter than it was (1116 pages originally), but it could still stand to lose about 300 more pages.
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 07:06 PM
Saturday

It's still a budget reconciliation bill that has a lot that isn't about budget, and should be removed.
My expectations in that regard aren't very high.

BumRushDaShow

(155,467 posts)
15. From the Politico live update thingy
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 07:42 PM
Saturday
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/28/congress/megabill-reading-out-loud-00431381

(snip)

Senate aides estimate reading the 940-page bill could take about 15 hours. When Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) forced the reading of Democrats’ 628-page American Rescue Act in 2021, it took 10 hours and 44 minutes. (Johnson said he bought the clerks a case of wine afterward.)

(snip)


It delays the vote.

Since we are in the minority in the House and Senate, we have few if any options or control mechanisms.

ShazzieB

(21,032 posts)
21. ????
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 08:57 PM
Saturday

Everybody complains that Democrats "don't do anything," but when they ro something, it's treated as meaningless?

ALl righty then.

Evolve Dammit

(20,918 posts)
14. who is going to listen? Empty chamber? The testimony we usually hear is with no other members present.
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 07:29 PM
Saturday

ancianita

(40,790 posts)
42. It's read to establish it in the Congressional Record for the People, since
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 11:17 AM
Sunday

Congress is The People’s first branch of government.

2. All the more important because, if/when it becomes law, it will harm millions of The People.

3. And to establish in the record who introduced the bill.

ancianita

(40,790 posts)
50. I was responding to what
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 06:01 PM
Sunday

seemed to be the implication that reading it aloud probably means it won't get much of an audience, and/or not mean much.

Sure, what you say is true. That bills are part of the Congressional Record should still be pointed out, and so should the fact of oral readings of them are also part of that record.

Reading bill aloud isn't political theater. It addresses the intended audience of millions they represent who can't be in the room.
When controversial, poorly written, harmful (and otherwise shady) budget bills contain harmful insertions, it's smart to communicate those bills not just in writing but in spoken word so it's conveyed in different mediums (media) so millions can "get it" in contrast to lies the felon leader/RW media has said about it.

Figarosmom

(6,529 posts)
17. Sadly Americans aren't
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 08:08 PM
Saturday

Going to watch them read it on the Senate floor and the media isn't going too either.

I hope the Dems were working on at least 4 Repubs to get them to vote no. But we can't seem to count on that anymore. Schumer has basically given up doing anything that requires skill.

Karasu

(1,498 posts)
26. Yeah...I mean, he's doing the right thing here under the circumstances we've been given, but the MSM kind of need to do
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 11:16 PM
Saturday

their jobs as well--something they seem to have pretty much given up on as of January.

HariSeldon

(523 posts)
19. As someone deeply into tech, I find few uses for AI
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 08:33 PM
Saturday

But I would be totally supportive of streaming the C-SPAN audio feed of the reading into an AI, and asking if to produce a summary of the bill and the impacts it would have on Americans.

BumRushDaShow

(155,467 posts)
28. In a way yes (pun aside)
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 05:17 AM
Sunday

not unlike what Corey Booker did with his 25+ hour speech - "taking over the floor".

Karasu

(1,498 posts)
25. Credit where credit's due. I've had my misgivings with Chuck as of late, but this is something. Glad to see him using
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 11:07 PM
Saturday

what little power we do still have in Congress to put the fascists on the defensive for a bit and force them to own their own shit. Hopefully this will make people more aware of insane provisions like the AI regulation ban that--for some fucking reason--the parliamentarian actually allowed them to still keep in the damn bill.

BumRushDaShow

(155,467 posts)
29. PBS News has it streaming live
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 05:21 AM
Sunday

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(the Senate proceedings are normally on CSPAN2 with CSPAN doing the House)

joshdawg

(2,828 posts)
32. republicans will still pass the bill........
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 08:53 AM
Sunday

simply because they couldn't care less about Americans, including their minions, the maggots.....er, MAGATS. same difference

usaf-vet

(7,582 posts)
38. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE GOING TO LOSE BENEFITS, AND ALL THE DEM LEADERSHIP COMES UP WITH IS READ THE BILL.
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 10:36 AM
Sunday

Yes, I'm yelling, but shouldn't we all be yelling?

maxsolomon

(36,784 posts)
53. They don't have a way to stop Reconciliation Bills.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 02:34 PM
12 hrs ago

Neither did the Repukes when Dems passed them under Biden. We won't stop the 2nd one either.

Yell all you want, but only the Parliamentarian can limit the egregiousness. An infinity of phone calls to GQP Senators does nothing.

usaf-vet

(7,582 posts)
54. I no longer have to play in their games. And the Parliamentarian has been bypassed, according to the last post I read.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 02:54 PM
12 hrs ago

Dem4life1970

(924 posts)
39. Plus, Schumer is calling it
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 10:38 AM
Sunday

The big UGLY bill. I have never and will never use Trump's word "beautiful" about this bill. Messaging matters. It is UGLY. Please always refer to it as Ugly. Thank you. 😊

TBF

(35,151 posts)
47. Robert Reich is calling it the Big Bullshit Bill -
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 03:13 PM
Sunday

He's about Bernie's age and has no fucks left to give.

Dem4life1970

(924 posts)
52. Lol yes, the same man who lied about lowering prices on day one...
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 09:30 PM
Sunday

....lied about the Iran Bombing Damage Assessment, and is approaching how many thousands of lies, is now saying "Just trust me and pass" the big ugly bill?

His minions in the congress will do what he says or find themselves in Thom Tillis's position, but even MAGAs need to come out against it.

These lawmakers want their seats more than they want to follow Trump, so they need to know that if they vote for this garbage, many of them will be voting themselves out of a job. They are so afraid of a primary, but a blue wave is coming in 2026.

The liar said he will "fix" voting, but since he lies about everything, do they really believe him?

He is the lamest of lame duck "Presidents"....

et tu

(2,293 posts)
40. at least maybe
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 10:41 AM
Sunday

some extreme rw's will finally
know what's in the bill if it is read
to them! 'see spot run, see grammy
thrown out of the nursing home' etc.
see 'we all get used to it'. not

Texin

(2,748 posts)
43. What good will that do? People don't listen to pols reading details to them even if those details will affect
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 11:53 AM
Sunday

every single 'average' person in this country. Until they lose their healthcare, their homes their jobs, and watch as their mother or father, brother or sister, friend or neighbor face the same consequences, they won't give a shit. It's all about all those "other people".

BumRushDaShow

(155,467 posts)
44. It's a procedural delaying tactic
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 12:58 PM
Sunday

by holding up "legislative business" on the Senate floor (similar to how Corey Booker "held up business" with his 25+ hour marathon speech), since they are trying to ram it through.

snot

(11,149 posts)
45. I hope they're reading the most egregious provisions during the day. And...
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 01:33 PM
Sunday

...I'd be interested in seeing a list of the Dems participating in this action.

BumRushDaShow

(155,467 posts)
46. The Senate Clerks were doing the reading
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 02:11 PM
Sunday

PBS is streaming (edit - they started a new stream)

MichMan

(15,304 posts)
51. I don't believe any Senators are the ones reading it
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 06:39 PM
Sunday

I didn't watch any of it, but I think they made clerks do it.

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